Duplicate invoice.



'15.y W. BUFFUM. DUPLICATE INVOIUE. l APPLIOATIQN'HLBD SEPT. a. 1908.

Patented Apr. 27, 1909.

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To all whom it may concern.' i

Be it known that I, FRANK W. BUFFUM, a citizen of the United States,`residing at Louisiana, Pike county, Missouri, have invented a certainnew and useful lmprovement in Duplicate invoices, off'which thefollowingisa full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable othersskilled inthe art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, forming part of thisspeciiication, in which- Figure 1 is aperspective view showing myimproved duplicate invoice, Aand, also anoriginal invoice and a copy ortriplicate of same; and Fig. 2 is a perspective viewV of. a portion ofthe duplicate invoice of slightly different form from that'shown in Fig.1.

This invention lrelates to invoices.

When a merchant or manufacturer sends an invoice to a purchaser hegenerally sends a duplicate invoice Which-thepurchaser uses in checkingup the goods or articles referred to on the original invoice. Theoriginal invoice contains a list of the articles the purchaser hasbought and also the price of said articles., Very often a purchaser doesnot want his clerks who check up the articles to know the cost of same,and therefore the manufacturer or merchant who sells they goods isobliged to make out la Aduplicate invoice for the purchaser with theprice of the articles omitted. These special duplicate. invoices entailadditional time and expense on the part of the manufacturer or merchantwho sells the goods, and the object ofA my invention is to provide aduplicate invoice sheet which is provided with a .detachable` part forreceiving the carbon impression of the cost price of the Varticles orgoods speci- Y fied in the invoice so that the purchaser can detach saidpart and then give the duplicate invoice to the clerks in the receivingroom who check up the goods.

Referring to Fig. 1 of the drawing whichV illustrates one form of myinvention, 1 designates an original invoice 'and 2 a duplicate invoice,both of which are sent to the purchaser of the goods referred to in theinvoice.

The merchant or `manufacturer sometimes sends a copy of the invoice tothesalesman or traveling man who sold the goodsto the purchaser, andwhen such a copy is'desiredv he arranges a triplicate invoice 3 betweenSpecification or' Letters Patent. i

Application filed; September 3, 1908.

Patented Apr-11527', 190e.

Serial No. 451,579.

Vthe original and the duplicate when he makes out the invoice.

vri"he original 1 and also the copy or triplicate 3 are providedl withsuitable columns in which the number, name and price of the articles areplaced, and the duplicate invoice 2 is provided with columns for thenumber and name of the articles and also a detachable slip 4 arranged insuch a position on the du-,

plicate that it will receive the carbon impression of the numerals whichdesignate the price the purchaser paid for the goods, it beingunderstood of course'that sheets of carbon Vpaper are placed between theoriginal and triplicate and between the triplicate and duplicate whenthe invoice is being made out. The detachable slip 4 is provided with agummed edge 5 that secures said slip to the duplicate invoice 2, and avertical row of perforations 6 is Aformed in said slip adjacent itsgummed edge so that the slip can be torn off or detached from theduplicate 2.

' A duplicate invoice of the character above described overcomes thenecessity of making out a special duplicate invoice when the purchaserdoes not desire to have the price of the goods `appear on the duplicate,for the purchaser can tear off the slip 4 before he hands ythe duplicateto the clerk who checks up the items on the invoice.

Any desired kindV of paper can be used for the slip, but .l prefer touse very thin, tough paper such, for example, as onion skin paper. Theparticular manner in which the slip 4 is secured to the duplicate .2'isalso immaterial so far as my broad idea is concerned, for saidl slipcould be attached to the duplicate in numerous other ways withoutdeparting from the spirit of my invention.

ln Fig. 2y lv have shown a duplicate invoice 2"1 of slightly differentform from that shownl in Fig. 1, the detachable part of said invoice`consisting of an extension 4a that is adapted-to be folded over theduplicate when vthe invoicefis being made out, so that the `carbonimpression of the cost price of the goods willappear on the portion 4awhich -can be torn off before the duplicate isgiven to the checkingclerk.

`While `l haverherein stated that my invention consists 4in a duplicateinvoice sheet provided with a vdetachable part for receiving the carbonimpression of-some word, character or figure onthe original invoice, l'do not Wish it to be understood that my broad iden is limited to eduplicate invoice sheet for this l saine idea could be embodied in eduplicate order blank, or in feet any other liind oi" duplicate sheetwhich it is desired should not contain the carbon impression of Sonieinformation that the original Contains.

Having; thus described the invention, what is olainied as new anddesired to he secured by Letters Patent is:

in invoice blank Comprising e plurality of superimposed sheets, each ofwhich is provided with e number of colunn'is, ineens for transferringthe Writing on the top sheet to the under sheets, und :L detachable slipon the bottoni sheet that rovers one of the columns thereof but not theentire sheet so that some of the characters on the top sheet will betransferred to seid slip instead of to the e luinn that it covers.

ln testimony whereof l hereunto :Llx my Lignztture in the presence olEtwo witnesses, this 213th d :W of igriist 1908.

llih li TJ. B U FW M.

'itnesses Vine iL Bimini;

